Donor-Recipient Age Mismatch and Long-Term Graft Outcomes After Adolescent Liver Transplant
In this case-control study of a US national cohort of adolescents receiving LT, donor-recipient age mismatch of 10 or more years was associated with inferior graft survival. Broader allocation of adolescent donors may improve access to age-matched grafts and long-term outcomes.
Authors
- Toshihiro Nakayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8216-0371)
- Antony Attia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0705-3076)
- Daniel J. Ahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-3325)
- Allison J. Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-6612)
- Vivek Charu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7147-9026)
- Daniel J. Firl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7993-6167)
- Marc L. Melcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-4383)
- Amanda Jensen
- Carlos O. Esquivel
- Kazunari Sasaki
Institutions
- Quantitative BioSciences (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.52779
- Primary Topic
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00